Spatially resolved dielectric loss at the Si/SiO$_2$ interface

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Autori principali: Cowie, Megan, Stock, Taylor J. Z., Constantinou, Procopios C., Curson, Neil, Grütter, Peter
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Pubblicazione: 2023
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author Cowie, Megan
Stock, Taylor J. Z.
Constantinou, Procopios C.
Curson, Neil
Grütter, Peter
author_facet Cowie, Megan
Stock, Taylor J. Z.
Constantinou, Procopios C.
Curson, Neil
Grütter, Peter
contents The Si/SiO$_2$ interface is populated by isolated trap states which modify its electronic properties. These traps are of critical interest for the development of semiconductor-based quantum sensors and computers, as well as nanoelectronic devices. Here, we study the electric susceptibility of the Si/SiO$_2$ interface with nm spatial resolution using frequency-modulated atomic force microscopy to measure a patterned dopant delta-layer buried 2 nm beneath the silicon native oxide interface. We show that surface charge organization timescales, which range from 1-150 ns, increase significantly around interfacial states. We conclude that dielectric loss under time-varying gate biases at MHz and sub-MHz frequencies in metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor device architectures is highly spatially heterogeneous over nm length scales. Supplemental GIFs can be found at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25546687
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spellingShingle Spatially resolved dielectric loss at the Si/SiO$_2$ interface
Cowie, Megan
Stock, Taylor J. Z.
Constantinou, Procopios C.
Curson, Neil
Grütter, Peter
Materials Science
The Si/SiO$_2$ interface is populated by isolated trap states which modify its electronic properties. These traps are of critical interest for the development of semiconductor-based quantum sensors and computers, as well as nanoelectronic devices. Here, we study the electric susceptibility of the Si/SiO$_2$ interface with nm spatial resolution using frequency-modulated atomic force microscopy to measure a patterned dopant delta-layer buried 2 nm beneath the silicon native oxide interface. We show that surface charge organization timescales, which range from 1-150 ns, increase significantly around interfacial states. We conclude that dielectric loss under time-varying gate biases at MHz and sub-MHz frequencies in metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor device architectures is highly spatially heterogeneous over nm length scales. Supplemental GIFs can be found at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25546687
title Spatially resolved dielectric loss at the Si/SiO$_2$ interface
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.13648